Tending Our Gardens

(Just found this entry from March 23 that somehow didn’t get posted.  I am posting it now so I won’t lose the memories.) There were four grandchildren here the past two days, aged 7 to 16.  One almost didn’t come, because she thought I was being serious when I put a post on her Facebook page [...]

Bleahhh!

Snow again. Bleahhh! And Friday’s high is supposed to be 18. I’m ready for spring. The January thaw last week was a cruel tease.

“When Do You Sleep,” She Asked

Bud and I had supper with Betty yesterday, my dear friend from high school who has lived in Texas for over 30 years.  She was visiting her son, a half hour from us, and we met her for dinner at the church where he is pastor.  She was disappointed that we couldn’t stay longer, but [...]

And The Answer Is…

I was about ten miles from Doug’s house, on my quest to watch the kids and take the youngest to the dentist while he was in court for a custody hearing, when he called me. “I can tell by the sound you’re in the car.  Where are you?” he asked. “I’m on the outerbelt, about [...]

Things I Am Grateful For

As I sit here this evening, I am grateful that: I live in a sturdy house. I am not a member of the fire department. I am not a lineman for the power company. I still have electricity at my house. My dehydrator works. What a storm there is raging outside, whipping the trees, bending them [...]

Spiritual Guidance Through Mollywood Squares

I was able to go to Relief Society yesterday evening for a midweek activity, for the first time in about seven years.  That would make me a slacker, except for the fact the Relief Socitys meetings are always held the same evening as the township meetings, so I can’t come. Until yesterday, that is.  They changed the date to [...]

The Third Day Is The Worst

At least it is the worst day Katie has had so far.  On Sunday she was running on shock and pain meds from the hospital, and on Monday she ran on adrenalin.  Tuesday though – not so good.  The bruising had become visible and painful. She slept a large part of the day and vegged [...]

Update

Katie is doing pretty well today, but says she looks like she belongs in “The Nightmare Before Christmas.”  It isn’t that bad, but the cut between her eyebrows will certainly look a lot better once all those black stitches are removed. We have been cleaning today, and inventorying.  C~’s Leapster appears not to have made [...]

Not More Computer Changes!

GAH!!!!  I spent all ay setting up a new computer - deleting the crap programs that came automatically installed, putting on anti-virus software, trying to get the wireless router to work with it (only to find out Linksys hasn’t written code for a 64-bit machine yet and we had to hard wire it).  But mostly, I spent [...]

Hello world!

I started blogging in January and enjoyed relating family happenings, local events, personal thoughts, etc. until we got into the campaign season.  Then my blog took a decided political event and now I feel like I can’t put anything on there except politics.  It’s sort of like I got squeezed out. So, I still blog [...]